A control apparatus for a drilling machine and a drilling method capable of quick adaptation to drilling by drills of various diameters, especially drills of small diameters, and of improving cutting efficiency. The control apparatus includes a cutting condition setting unit for setting the cutting conditions in accordance with the depth of the hole being drilled and a control unit for controlling the rotary speed and movement position of the drill. The cutting condition setting unit defines the regions of the beginning part, the inner part, and the penetration part from the side close to the drill of the workpiece toward the depth direction of the hole of the workpiece in accordance with the depth of the hole when drilling a throughhole.
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1. A control apparatus for a drilling machine including means for rotating and moving a small diameter drill, said rotating and moving means rotates the small diameter drill and moves the small diameter drill to a work piece, said control apparatus comprising: first control means for controlling said rotating and moving means so that the small diameter drill is rotating at a first rotating speed, and the small diameter drill is moved to the work piece at a first cutting feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut until a position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece reaches a first position from a top surface of the work piece; second control means for controlling said rotating and moving means so that the small diameter drill is rotating at a second rotating speed, and the small diameter drill is moved to the work piece at a second cutting feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut until a position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece reaches a second position from the first position of the work piece; and third control means for controlling said rotating and moving means so that the rotating speed of the small diameter drill is reduced to a third rotating speed which is lower than the first and second rotating speeds, and the small diameter drill is moved to the work piece at a third cutting feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut until a position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece reaches a third position passing through a bottom surface of the work piece from the second position of the work piece.
2. A control apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said third cutting feed speed is lower than said first cutting feed speed and said second cutting feed speed.
3. A control apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first control means is arranged to make motions of advancing the small diameter drill to the work piece at the first cutting feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut and a predetermined clearance, is arranged to reverse the small diameter drill by the clearance, and is arranged to advance the small diameter drill at the first cutting feed speed by the depth of cut and the clearance again until a position of the small diameter drill reaches the first position.
4. A control apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said second control means is arranged to make motions of advancing the small diameter drill to the work piece at the second cutting feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut and a predetermined clearance, is arranged to reverse the small diameter drill outside of the work piece, is arranged to advance to a position reversed by the clearance from the last position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece, and is arranged to advance the small diameter drill again at the second cutting feed speed by the depth of cut and the clearance again until a position of the small diameter drill reaches the second position.
5. A control apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said third control means is arranged to make motions of advancing the small diameter drill to the work piece at the third cutting feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut and a predetermined clearance, is arranged to reverse the small diameter drill outside of the work piece, is arranged to advance to a position reversed by the clearance from the last position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece, and is arranged to advance the small diameter drill again at the third cutting feed speed by the depth of cut and the clearance again until a position of the small diameter drill reaches the third position.
6. A control apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said work piece is made of heat resistant steel and said second and third control means control idle spinning time for spinning idle the small diameter drill after moving the small diameter drill outside of the work piece to cool the heat generated by cutting the work piece.
7. A drilling machine comprising: means for rotating and moving a small diameter drill, said rotating and moving means is arranged to rotate the small diameter drill and to move the small diameter drill to a work piece; first control means for controlling said rotating and moving means so that the small diameter drill is rotating at a first rotating speed, and the small diameter drill is moved to the work piece at a first cutting feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut until a position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece reaches a first position from a top surface of the work piece; second control means for controlling said rotating and moving means so that the small diameter drill is rotating at a second rotating speed, and the small diameter drill is moved to the work piece at a second cutting feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut until a position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece reaches a second position from the first position of the work piece; and third control means for controlling said rotating and moving means so that the rotating speed of the small diameter drill is reduced to a third rotating speed which is lower than the first and second rotating speeds, and the small diameter drill is moved to the work piece at a third cutting feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut until a position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece reaches a third position passing through a bottom surface of the work piece from the second position of the work piece.
8. A drilling method by a small diameter drill, comprising the steps of: rotating the small diameter drill at a first rotating speed, and moving the small diameter drill to a work piece at a first cutting speed by a predetermined depth of cut until a position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece reaches a first position from a top surface of the work piece; rotating the small diameter drill at a second rotating speed, and moving the small diameter drill to the work piece at a second cuffing feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut until a position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece reaches a second position from the first position of the work piece; and reducing the rotating speed of the small diameter drill to a third rotating speed which is lower than the first and second rotating speeds, and moving the small diameter drill to the work piece at a third cutting feed speed by a predetermined depth of cut until a position of the small diameter drill inserted into the work piece reaches a third position passing through a bottom surface of the work piece from the second position of the work piece.
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February 2, 1999
July 10, 2001
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